TORRINGTON >> A 4-year-old boy from New York City drowned in Burr Pond State Park in Torrington late Sunday afternoon.

The State Environmental Conservation Police responded to a report of an unconscious child in the swimming area of Burr Pond State Park at about 4:45 p.m., according to a spokeswoman for the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.

The boy, who was from the Bronx section of New York City, was transported to Charlotte Hungerford Hospital in Torrington and pronounced dead at 6:31 p.m., according to DEEP.

Cyndy Chanaca of the Office of Communications at DEEP said the State Environmental Conservation Police were helped by Torrington police and Torrington emergency response.

A dispatcher in Torrington said the call for help to police came in at around 5:15 p.m.

The investigation is ongoing and there was no further information from DEEP Sunday night.

Burr Pond is an 85-acre man-made body of water in the 438-acre Burr Pond Park, adjacent to Paugnut State Park.

In other area police news, a dispatcher at the New Milford police station confirmed that an officer had been shot in the foot around 2:30 p.m. on Sunday. He was sent to the hospital for his injuries, but was later released.

The suspect in the shooting is in custody, police reported.

The dispatcher could not confirm a report that the suspect had barridaded himself at 30 Candlewood Road.

Thomaston police Sunday night were expected to put out a statement later on a report of a shooting of a man in this 20s, at 700 High St.